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Redefining the Safety Net

Should California establish a Basic Health Program for certain low-income residents? CHCF's Marian Mulkey captures a recent policy conversation in a Health Affairs blog.

Accountable Care in Action

A new post on the Health Affairs blog details how CalPERS kept costs down in Sacramento through a "virtual" ACO with insurers and providers.

Career Opportunity: Senior Program Officer

This position will play a major role in furthering the goals and objectives of the foundation's Better Chronic Disease Care program.

Childrens Health Coverage

Friday, January 27, 2012

Obama Administration Issues Final School Lunch Standards

On Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled final nutrition guidelines for government-subsidized school meals. The new standards -- which were mandated under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 -- will require lunches to include more fruits and vegetables, and less salt and fat. Schools will begin to implement the new standards in September at an estimated cost of $3.2 billion over five years.

Reader Comments:
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  • 01/27/2012
  • Scott Zettlemoyer

Definitely a step in the right direction. But still lots that can be improved. For example, soy milk instead of cow milk. Much better for you, tastes better and requires less than a 10th of the acreage required to produce cow milk. Perhaps big agriculture receiving subsidies to produce cow milk and grains helped to write the guidelines.



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